Liquid-applying implement



Dec. 3, 1929. M. J. DAMORE 1,738,471

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Patented Unc. 3, 1929 UNITED STATES MICHAEL J. DAMORE, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN .LIQUID-APPLYING IMPLEMENT Application led May 11,

This invention relates to liquid applying implements and more particularly to devices for applying ink Ieradicating fluids or other liquids of like relatively thin consistency.

Une object of the present invention is the provision of an improved fountain type implement for the purposes mentioned having an end portion peculiarly designed to apply a relatively wide film of liquid to any desired plane surface.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description of an illustrative embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation of an implement constructed in accordance with the present invention and constituting an attachment for a fountain pen of standard form.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the impl-ement shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the end of the implement.

The implement selected for illustration is designed as an attachment for a fountain pen 10 of a well known type and includes'a cy lindrical barrel 11 internally threaded adjacent one end 12 to receive the threaded portion 13 of the pen .in a manner similar to the usual fountain pen cap. A plug 14, pressed into the other end of the barrel 11, is longitudinally bored to snugly receive a liquid conveying tube -15 which is forced therein. The exposed end of the plug 14 is preferably threaded or otherwise fashioned to receive an appropriate cap 9.

A liquid receptacle 16, preferably in the form of a bag of rubber or other suitable flexible liquid proof material, is housed Within the barrel 11 with its .open end applied over a reduced end portion 17 of the plug 14. The reduced portion 17 is preferably ribbed as at 18 to better secure the bag thereon. The exposed end 19 of the tube 15 is flattened out to form a laterally extended narrow edge 20, this endof the tube being closed except for a narrow slit 21 therein substantially coextensive with the edge 20. The flattened portion 19 is preferab-ly laterally bent so that the face of the edge 20 1927. Serial No. 190,460.

lies in a plane somewhat inclined to the axis of the tube.

The bag 16 may be supplied with an ink eradicating fluid or other liquid in various ways but in this instance novel means have been provided for this purpose. To this end a strip of metal 22, preferably of flexible spring steel, is attached at one end to and within the barrel l1 by appropriate means such as rivets 23, which in this' instance also serve as the attaching means for a well known type of pocket clip 24. The strip 22 extends longitudinally of and beside the bag 16, and is formed with a bent end 25 overlying the end of the bag. y To fill the bag this strip is bent inwardly to collapse the bag by the insertion of a suitable implement such as a pencil between it and the wall of the barrel. While so collapsed the end 19 of the tube is immersed in thewliquid and the lo bag. permitted to expand by releasing the strip 22.

To apply liquid to any plane surface the edge 20 is rested against the surface, with the barrel 11 somewhat inclined, as in hold` ing an ordinary pen .or pencil, so that the face of the edge is substantially parallel to the surface. rlhe edge is then dragged across the surface causing the liquid to pass through the slit 21 and thus leaving a ribbonlike film of liquid upon the surface coextensive in width with the length of the slit. After initial contact of the liquid with the surface the cohesive quality of the liquid assists in dragging the same through the slit onto the surface. v

Various changes may be made in the embodiment of the invention hereinabove speciiically described without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim:

An ink eradicating' attachment for fountain pens comprising a hollow cylindrical member for application to a fountain pen, a plug in one end of said member having a passage therethrough, a reduced extension on the inner end of said plug, a collapsible liquid receptacle applied to said extension, and a liquid discharge tube in said passage and projecting from the other end of said plug, said tube being longitudinally bent and flattened at one end to form a narrow end face angularly disposed With respect to the axis 5 of said tube, and n narrow slit in said face through which liquid supplied from said receptacle is discharged from said tube.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name thisl 9th day of Mnv, 1927. 10 MICHAEL J. DAMORE. 

